Two men charged in July 19 shooting in Fairfield Township

FAIRFIELD TWP. - Two men have been charged in connection with a July 19 shooting on Fairton-Gouldtown Road.

Vience Saunders, 23, of Bridgeton, and Jamar Dixon, 19, of Millville, were charged this week with aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and related weapons charges, state police announced Wednesday.

No one was injured in the shooting, which police said stemmed from a property dispute.

Police said the two suspects shot at each other from motor vehicles chasing each other along Fairton-Gouldtown Road (Route 553).

The resulting investigation netted four firearms: a BB gun, a .38 caliber revolver, a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun and a 12 gauge shotgun.

Two of the weapons were recently reported stolen from a Deerfield Township residence, according to police.

Saunders also faces drug charges in an unrelated investigation, in which police said on July 20 they found him in possession of 17 ecstasy pills.

A search of one of the vehicles that police said was in possession of Saunders and was involved in the July 19 shooting recovered 4 grams of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

Also recovered in the investigation was a stolen ATV valued at $7,000.

Saunders is being lodged in Cumberland County Jail.

Both he and Dixon are being held pending a hearing in Cumberland County Superior Court.